Major Hurricane Helene

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3 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

The embedding isn't working, but apparently some rando is flying their private jet into the eye of Helene and core punching it. The plane definitely isn't associated with any NOAA or Hurricane Hunters mission according to the registration data.

https://x.com/ou_sams/status/1839438191641919744

 

WeenieAir

[CoastalWx]

Might take out some trees at Augusta. Lets flatten the greens.

[Chinook]

update for the buoy in the storm with over 100 mph gusts

[HIPPYVALLEY]

48 minutes ago, Prospero said:

This will be remembered for a long time. I have concern for everybody in a storm surge vulnerable location. I'm at 15 feet in Gulfport and getting a little concerned even this high.

https://clearwaterbeachcams.com/

We are in for a very nasty surprise tonight in Pinellas County.

He said water is now over the seawall in Dunedin Beach and rising with sustained winds that are tough to stand still in and sheets of rain.  The panhandle is going to get rocked.

[SnowenOutThere]

7 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

The embedding isn't working, but apparently some rando is flying their private jet into the eye of Helene and core punching it. The plane definitely isn't associated with any NOAA or Hurricane Hunters mission according to the registration data.

https://x.com/ou_sams/status/1839438191641919744

 

I bet that person has some insane music playing as he does it, lets hope they dont win a Darwin award though. 

[wthrmn654]

Noaa plane is back to normal teal getting closer to center and that other random fake recon plane is now missing from radar

[SnowGoose69]

FPY winds being only 20kts is funny.  I’m always amazed how with land falling canes winds don’t get going til the eyewall comes in 

[USCG RS]

Just now, SnowenOutThere said:

I bet that person has some insane music playing as he does it, lets hope they dont win a Darwin award though. 

And now, if something goes terribly wrong, a SAR team is put in danger. Lovely. 

[WxWatcher007]

1 minute ago, SnowGoose69 said:

FPY winds being only 20kts is funny.  I’m always amazed how with land falling canes winds don’t get going til the eyewall comes in 

Yeah, not much happening here right now.

[lakeeffectkid383]

Just now, USCG RS said:

And now, if something goes terribly wrong, a SAR team is put in danger. Lovely. 

I certainly don’t think they would do SAR until well after storm passes. 

[gymengineer]

Water rising sharply in Ft. Myers and Naples even though the center of Helene is well past their latitude. 

[Cincy12]

3 minutes ago, USCG RS said:

And now, if something goes terribly wrong, a SAR team is put in danger. Lovely. 

lol If you mean SAR as in the FAA filing some paperwork stating that ultimately the cause death/wreck was a jackass flying into a hurricane, then yes, a SAR team will quickly handle this. 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Just now, gymengineer said:

Water rising sharply in Ft. Myers and Naples even though the center of Helene is well past their latitude. 

Do you have the obs for Tampa Bay handy?

[Damage In Tolland]

Masters course is going to lose hundreds of trees. All those white pines there. They don’t get winds like this out of that direction 

[USCG RS]

7 minutes ago, lakeeffectkid383 said:

I certainly don’t think they would do SAR until well after storm passes. 

 

1 minute ago, Cincy12 said:

lol If you mean SAR as in the FAA filing some paperwork stating that ultimately the cause death/wreck was a jackass flying into a hurricane, then yes, a SAR team will quickly handle this. 

I won't derail the thread with this, so I won't say anything further after this - but you would be surprised what some teams will brave in an attempt to resuce persons. 

[Doc Jon]

Lightning kicking up in the core again.

[gymengineer]

2 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Do you have the obs for Tampa Bay handy?

Ahead of forecast at Port Manatee and sharply rising at East Bay. But, you can check them out yourself at: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/inundationdb/cidstorm.html?stormname=Helene

[SnowGoose69]

2 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Masters course is going to lose hundreds of trees. All those white pines there. They don’t get winds like this out of that direction 

Yeah looks like Augusta is in trouble for sure.  

[Floydbuster]

Can anyone post some good radar links? 

[Damage In Tolland]

Just now, SnowGoose69 said:

Yeah looks like Augusta is in trouble for sure.  

You rip 80+ gusts thru that course for a few hours. It’ll be a war zone . They’ve got to be very worried 

[andyhb]

 

The French Broad River (river that flows through Asheville NC) is forecast to crest more than 10 feet above the previous record at Fletcher, which is in the southern part of the metro.

[Random Chaos]

3 minutes ago, Floydbuster said:

Can anyone post some good radar links? 

If you have Radarscope, that is best. If not:

local radar: https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/nexrad/?parms=TLH-N0B-0-24-100-usa-rad

mosaic radar: https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=local-FL_Panhandle-comp_radar-24-0-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined

[Radtechwxman]

Any new wind data from recon? 

[HillsdaleMIWeather]

Just now, Radtechwxman said:

Any new wind data from recon? 

AF recon is lagging 

[USCG RS]

Just now, andyhb said:

 

The French Broad River (river that flows through Asheville NC) is forecast to crest more than 10 feet above the previous record at Fletcher, which is in the eastern part of the metro.

Those warnings the GSP NWS Office was providing were something. I don't recall ever seeing language quite like that out of the NWS, at least to the public. 

[SchaumburgStormer]

Tons of lightning in the core. This thing will be strengthening through landfall. 

[andyhb]

Just now, USCG RS said:

Those warnings the GSP NWS Office was providing were something. I don't recall ever seeing language quite like that out of the NWS, at least to the public. 

We are talking about Agnes in PA level flooding here.

[andyhb]

Potential aborted recon mission here. This does not happen often at all from a TC itself.

[Radtechwxman]

8pm update kept winds at 130 and pressure of 942mb

[CoastalWx]

I’m still surprised because the eye is not really impressive at all. But she seems to still be strengthening I guess.